Class Thermolithobacteria
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Thermolithobacteria Sokolova et al. 2007, class. nov.
Type order: ¤ Thermolithobacterales Sokolova et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. n. lithos, stone; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermolithobacteria, thermophilic lithotrophically growing rods.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 116. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1371-1373.
Effective publication: SOKOLOVA (T.), HANEL (J.), ONYENWOKE (R.U.), REYSENBACH (A.L.), BANTA (A.), GEYER (R.), GONZÁLEZ (J.M.), WHITMAN (W.B.) and WIEGEL (J.): Novel chemolithotrophic, thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria Thermolithobacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thermolithobacter carboxydivorans sp. nov. Extremophiles, 2007, 11, 145-157.
Validation List no. 116 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
